A WARNING FOR PARENTS TONIGHT... IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS. GOOD EVENING. I'M ERIELLE RESHEF. AND IM MORGAN CHESKY. THIS WARNING IS ABOUT A POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS DRUG SOLD LEGALLY IN OKLAHOMA. KOCO'S MICHAEL SEIDEN EXPLAINS WHERE YOU CAN BUY IT AND WHY IT HASN'T BEEN OUTLAWED. WELL, TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS KRATOM. EARLIER TODAY, WE LEGALLY PURCHASED THIS PACKET. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AND WHEN MIXED WITH JUICE, IT'S THE SAME AS TAKING A DOZEN PAINKILLERS. WALK INTO MOST HEADSHOPS ACROSS THE METRO AND CHANCES ARE YOU WILL FIND KRATOM "kratom is an extract from a tree that grows in southeast Asia USERS SWEAR BY IT. SAYING IT'S 100 PERCENT ORGANIC AND 100 PERCENT EFFECTIVE ESPECIALY, IF YOU'RE IN PAIN IN:"If you're a responsible person Out: pain reliever BUT INVESTIGATORS IN Out: pain reliever BUT INVESTIGATORS IN OKLAHOMA CARE PAINTING A DIFFERENT PICTURE DRUG AGENTS DESCRIBE KRATOM AS DANGEROUS AND POWERFUL A DRUG THAT'S BEING SOLD LEGALLY IN OKLAHOMA AND ABUSED BY ADULTS AND CHILDREN "in small doses, it's stimulant-type of effect, like a strong cup of coffee. AND THE MORE YOU TAKE "it suddenly has sedative-effect that creates a high similar to someone who just took a fist full of pain pills "they're under the influence and getting dizzy and hallucinating in many cases KRATOM COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS SOME PEOPLE INGEST THE PILLS WHILE OTHERS BUY THE POWDER MIXING IT WITH FRUIT JUICE OR TEA IT CAN GIVE YOU A HIGH FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS "RIGHT now, it's just sporadic calls of isolated cases of kids buying this. But as two kids tell four kids tell eight kids, suddenly it spreads. RIGHT NOW KRATUM IS LEGAL IN OKLAHOMA BUT LAWMAKERS ARE HOPING TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL BAN IT. REPORTING IN NORTHEAST OKC MS KOCO 5 NEWS. OKLAHOMA POISON CONTROL IS ALSO REPORTING SEVERAL CASES INVOLVING ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

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